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ka'lenatiki
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From: redding ca.
|  Posted: 2010-10-31 1:07 pm Permalink
I've been looking at this mask for a while now and the shops owner is looking to make a deal for a regular. So far finding info on-line is like looking for a needle in a haystack. So I'm hoping some one on TC can help narrow down the search. Red paint on the face and a dark stain/paint on the forehead.
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2010-10-31 1:17 pm Permalink
That's African Modern.
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Bay Park Buzzy
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From: West Bay Park, San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2010-10-31 1:18 pm Permalink
My first impression is African...
Unless it's from New Hebrides or New Calcedonia or some lesser known exotic locale off the beaten tourist path.
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2010-10-31 1:58 pm Permalink
Beat you by one minute, Buzzer 
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ka'lenatiki
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From: redding ca.
| Posted: 2010-10-31 3:09 pm Permalink
Bigbrotiki, buzzy.. Thank you for the insight! My first thought was possibly African which is why it's still there. The tag had most of the info on it " tribal mask from??" 
It did remind me of the one on pg35 of Tiki Modern when I first saw it. I may still pick it up just for being a interesting piece.
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Hakalugi
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From: Redondo Beach, CA
| Posted: 2010-10-31 3:16 pm Permalink
It looks like an interpretation of an African Fang mask which if I recall correctly is the inspiration for Tiki Bob:
http://www.masksoftheworld.com/Africa/African%20Fang%20Mask%202.htm
 
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Grand Kahu
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From: Dallas, TX
| Posted: 2010-10-31 4:23 pm Permalink
It's African.
But why would not this be the inspiration for Tiki Bob, which is a New Guinea drum....
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Hakalugi
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From: Redondo Beach, CA
| Posted: 2010-10-31 6:48 pm Permalink
You might very well be right. The shape of the drum/mug and the smile (and more) are a match!
I think it was simplicity of the Fang design that drew the original comparison.
Here's another Fang mask:
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2010-10-31 10:09 pm Permalink
Alec Yuill Thornton first drew the Tiki Bob character for the menu:
Then the mug was sculpted from that simple, modernist rendering. Is that a rendering of a Papua New Guinea drum?
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